SAN DIEGO – San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria has signed a package of resolutions, championed by Councilmember Raul Campillo, that dramatically expand parental leave benefits for city employees.
“The citizens of San Diego deserve a high-quality workforce that gets things done right, and to ensure we attract and retain the most effective employees, we must offer competitive benefits,” the mayor said.
Gloria noted that the new law dramatically expands paid parental leave for city workers.
Councilman Raul Campillo, said the city’s current benefits for expectant parents have been insufficient and complicated to navigate.
“I appreciate taking action and addressing a problem that punished our current workforce and deterred qualified candidates from coming to work in the city. By doubling our paid parental leave and making it easier to access pregnancy disability benefits, parents who work for the City will have much more time to raise their newborns without the worry of rushing back to work,” said Campillo.
Before Councilmember Campillo unveiled his parental benefits package in October, the City only offered four weeks of leave to parents. In addition, a person had to prove they were disabled by pregnancy for 30 days before receiving long-term disability pay.
The benefit updates call for doubling parental leave from 160 hours (four weeks) to 320 hours (eight weeks); eliminating the 30-day waiting period for disability benefits for employees who are pregnant or disabled by pregnancy, childbirth or related illness to ensure that workers can access benefits immediately upon need.
It is also proposed to change the eligibility requirement to access these benefits from a minimum of one year of employment to 30 days, ensuring that the City Council does not discriminate against employees who are pregnant or become disabled due to pregnancy, childbirth or a medical condition related to childbirth and who have worked for the City Council for less than one year.
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